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The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children
Cawley, John; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - 2012
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations …-2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability of obesity among 5th graders (in … represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287618
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The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity among Elementary School Children
Cawley, John; Frisvold, David E.; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations …-2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability of obesity among 5th graders (in … represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959837
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For Better or Worse? The Effects of Physical Education on Child Development
Knaus, Michael C.; Lechner, Michael; Reimers, Anne K. - 2018
This study analyses the effects of regular physical education at school on cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, motor skills, physical activity, and health. It is based on a very informative data set, the German Motorik-Modul, and identifies the effect by using variation in the required...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816540
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Selfish Altruism, Fierce Cooperation and the Emergence of Cooperative Equilibria from Passing and Shooting
Askitas, Nikos - 2014
There is continuing debate about what explains cooperation and self-sacrifice in nature and in particular in humans. This paper suggests a new way to think about this famous problem. I argue that, for an evolutionary biologist as well as a quantitative social scientist, the triangle of two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333268
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Running Up That Hill: Fitness in the Face of Recession
Papps, Kerry L.; Bryson, Alex; Reade, J. James - 2023
examine whether labour market conditions affect fitness. Running times improve during recessions for men and women aged 50 and … above but worsen for men aged 20-49 and women aged 20-29, suggesting that the fall in the opportunity costs of fitness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377313
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Selfish Altruism, Fierce Cooperation and the Emergence of Cooperative Equilibria from Passing and Shooting
Askitas, Nikos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
There is continuing debate about what explains cooperation and self-sacrifice in nature and in particular in humans. This paper suggests a new way to think about this famous problem. I argue that, for an evolutionary biologist as well as a quantitative social scientist, the triangle of two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884231
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Autonomous Schools and Strategic Pupil Exclusion
Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2018
reflects the rigorous discipline enforced by the pre-2010 academies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873482
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Is There An Informal Employment Wage Penalty?Evidence from South Africa
Badaoui, Eliane; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We estimate the wage penalty associated with working in the South African informal sector.To this end we use a rich data set on non-self employed males that allows one to accuratelydistinguish workers employed in the informal sector from those employed in the formal sectorand link individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861425
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Are Student Absences Worth the Worry in U.S. Primary Schools?
Gershenson, Seth; Jacknowitz, Alison; Brannegan, Andrew - 2015
Student absences are a potentially important, yet understudied, input in the educational process. Using longitudinal data from a nationally-representative survey and rich administrative records from North Carolina, we investigate the relationship between student absences and academic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420729
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Does the Home Advantage Depend on Crowd Support? Evidence from Same-Stadium Derbies
Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2014
We investigate to what extent crowd support contributes to the home advantage in soccer, disentangling this effect from other mechanisms such as players' familiarity with the stadium and travel fatigue. To evaluate the relevance of crowd support in determining home advantage we analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352323